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G. W. MHAFFEY, Proprietor
ga" u
VOL. V.
NO. 3
The
& Publisher.
a
Eaton Democrat.
"Principles, not Men."
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH
3, 1870.
TWO DOLLARS PEE ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
WHOLE NO. 210.
JOB PRINTING
in all Its branches, neatly and promptly -xe
rated at this office on reasonable terms.
.re requested lo band in their favors as early
i i the week: as possible.
All orders Tot job work or a IvertisinK, when
sent by mail, will teeeive as prompt attention
as If parties Called In person.
Advertisements not andei contract must be
plainly marked the length ot time desired, or
hey will be oontlnoad and ohara for till or
dered oat.
The Washington Chronicle makes
the startling statement that the agi
tation of the question of removing
the Capitol "has already cost the peo
ple of Washington not lees than $12,
500,000 within a year in the deprecia
tion of real estate." And the tiling
is running ou, it says, without any
certainty when it will stop.
A .Loudon fog was recently so derive
that it found its way into theatres,
and almost put a stop to the perform
ances. In the large houses the
audience in the dress circle and box
es furthest removed from the orches
tra, could scarcely discern move
ments of actors on the stage ; while
even in the smaller theaters, a dim
ness, as if a tine gauze curtain hung
between them, rendered the effort to
follow the performance somewhat
wearisome.
Good Words and Sunday Mag cl
ient are both religious monthlies,
but neither is a theological periodical.
Both are from the press of J. B. Lip
pincott A Co., Philadelphia. This
fatten is edited by Thomas Guthrie,
D. D., and, like the Blackwood, is a
reprint. The former Is edited by
Norman Macleod, D. D. The Febru
ary numbers of both are exceedingly
rich. '
Industrial. The January num
ber of The Manufacturer and Buildsr,
published by Western & Co. , in New
York, has a large variety of informa
tion -concerning novel inventions,
manufactured articles, 'and architec
tural news. As a single item of news
gained may be mentioned the fact
that wood toothpicks, now so com
mon in use, are manufactured by on
ly one house in the country, and are
sold to the extent of four or five mil
lions daily.
Gen.. Francis A. Walker, of Massa
chusetts, is nominated oy the Presi
dent for Superintendent of the Cen
sus. Gen. Walker is a son of Hon.
Amasa Walker, now Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics in the Treasury
Department. He was formerly of
the editorial stAffof the SpriDgfleld
(Mass.) Republican.
The Cincinnati Gazette thinks that
"Down East" and "Out West" are
very uncertain localities, since the
statement by Mr. Mclntyre, the
agent of the Treasury Department
In Alaska, that the mouth of the
Columbia River is about the center
of the United States, east and: west,
and that it is no farther from Port
land, Maine, to Portland, Oregon,
than from Astoria in the latter State
to Attou, the most westerly of the
Aleutian group of islands, which are
a part of our Alaskan purchase.
A few days since, a kerosene lamp
exploded in the house of Nicholas
BHaSj at Buffalo; BYiJ setting fire to
the furniture in the bed room occu
pied by the family, consisting ot
Bliss, his Wife, and two children. All
were horned in a dreadful manner.
One child died immediately after the
flames were extinguished. The oth
er is in a very critical condition.
Bliss and his wife will recover, but
they will be very much disfigured.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad has
issued an order holding its baggage
masters persoaally responsible for
damage to baggage In their charge.
The order concludes : "Promptness
and dispatch in doing business and
gentlemanly deportment, are strictly
enjoined. Be civil to every one, and
answer questions courteously, no
matter how simple or foolish they
may seem.'" 1
The noted banker, Mr. Jay Cooke,
is reported to have become the fi
nancial agent of the Northern Pad
nc Railroad, which is now to be
pushed rapidly to completion. The
rsoent political events in the so-called
"Winnipeg Country," are regarded
as highly advantageous to' its prose-
vuuuU, sua an eariy communication
"j". wiiii tue i or tn- western .fa
cifio Slope is pat down as certalnr-
-ajxis Prussian Government has
brooklet, field and forest is
delineated with perfect accuracy. It
is a common boast of Prussian mill
Htryimen that within the space of
eight days 348,000 men can he con
cVTated 40 the defense of any single
point within the Kinirdom. and e?e-
-PVrman 1 1 1 t - ' -
.j ,ru wm oe a trained and well-
qipeu soiciier.
r a - i' . f i
tr we were to choose from all the
snouicais just one to be bound in
I II 1 .
jook form for a family librarv. i
snouid without the least hesitation
take Appleton'a Journal. It is rich
in information, brilliant with the
jewels of miscellaneous literature,
and adorned with admirably execut
ed illustrations. Children would
pore over the pictures, and in de
ciphering them pick up no incon
siderable amount of valuable in
formation. Every class of readers
will be sure to find in it something
to his liking, If only he seek nothing
unworthy a place in a first-class
magazine. We are glad to see that
the publishers are not content with
issuing a weekly and then a monthly
edition, of the Journal, but are also
binding each volume in book form.
The second volume has just made its
appearance.
The Paraguayan War
Do those who are accustomed to
speak slightingly of this Paraguayan
war ever reflect upon the misery be
youd telling which has fallen upon
that people, not upon one nor many,
but upon all? There were nine hun
dred thousand people there five years5
ago ; two-thirds of these nave iaiien
by famine, disease, and battle; and;
should the war continue the whole
race will perish. Five years ago
they were prosperous and progress
ive, building railroads and telegraphs
and ships, and improving and re
building their cities and towns. Now
their chiefei ties have been laid waste,
their capital sacked, and there is not
to-day a home in Paraguay which
has not been made desolate. To
whom is this chargeable? The allies
say to the aggressions of Lopez : the'
Paraguayans to the ambition of Bra
zil. Lopez claims that he was com
pelled to fight in self-preservation.
The allies declare in aM their public
documents that the war was for the
vindication of their outraged- honor.
But they have occupied the capital
of Paraguay and one-half her terri
tory ; tbey havedefltroyeil two-thirds
of her population ; they have taken
possession of the chief rivers; and
they have brought upon the country
a mifiery and desolation that surpass
description. Why, therefore, does
the war not cease? Clearly because,
the claim that it is only for the vin
dication of national honor, and to
obtain indemnity for theast and
security for the future', fs like the
treaty of the triple allianoe, ot which
it is the preamble a fraud and a de
lusion. No better proof that Para
guay fights for her very existence is
ueeded than this one fact that the
war still "continues. In the face of
this the fair promises of the triple
treaty; and the honeyed words ofthe
allied writers abou' civilization And
progress and liberty, and the other
specious phrases which are comnion
ly used to defend all false causes, can
not be received by honest men nor
accepted by upright governments as
explaining either the origin or tho
objects of the war. The var is for
conquest and absorption by Brazil ;
and to permit such conquest and ab
sorption is contrary to the received
and traditional principles of Ameri
can policy. We have assumed the'
role of protector of the American re
publics. ' We plt.yed It with success
and honor in regard to Mexico1. We
encourage by popular sympathy the
struggle which Cuba carries on to
gain her independence. Yet both
the government and the people sur
vey with indifference the magnifi
cent fight wWfcrraragnay has main
tained for five long years to preserve
the independence which she gallant
ly conquered half a century ago; and
this independence, won from Spain,
is threatened by a monarchy far less
enlightened, whose dominion will
be fatal to the development of Para
guay, and to the progress initiated
there eight years ago by this very
ruler Whom it is the fashion among
certain interested parties of more or
less standing to denounce as a bar
barian and a "monster unfit to live."
FM. T. McMabon.iu Harper'sMag-
azine for February.
Congressional Summary.
In the Senate the greater portion
of the morning hour was consumed
by Mr. . beott, in a speech reruung
the position assumed by Commis
sioner Wells in his annual report. The
Naval Deficiency Bill was passed.
Mr. Chandler, from the Committee
on Commerce, reported favorably the
bin mentioned in Wednesdays re
oort to promote commerce between
the States. The Mississippi Bill was
taken up, and on the motion to strike
out the provision prescribing condi
tions or admission, a personal cieuaie
sprung up between Messrs. Thayer,
oumner, Mrumouu ana Mierman,
on the question of partisan loyalty,
which continued till adjournment.
During the morning hour in the
House, a number of speeches were
made on the subiect of American citi
zens imprisoned in England for polit
ical offenses. The resolution calling
on the President for information nn
allv went over. The House went in
to committee, ana took up tne leg
islative, Executive and J udiciai Ap
propriation Bill. A motion by Mr.
Bulter, of Massachusetts, to strike
out the appropriation for mileage of
members gave rise to an exciting ana
bitter discussion.
Tm Gold Disoimu Mania. A
Victoria paper depicts tho first dis
astrous results of this mania thus
"Men had forsaken their ordinar
lary
lerV
avocatiohs ; the, shepherd had
his flock, the driver his team law
yers had forsaken the courts :' the
merchants the counting-houses : the
clerks their desks ; and field laborers
and artisans had departed without
warning. There was no prospect
of finding men to reap the crops, and
it appeared oertain that famine was
impending. Absorbed in the pur
suits of gold, all domestic and pub
lic and general duties were forgotten.
And while jit was certain that the
miners would suffer severely from
the wans of provisions, there came
among them a thing more terrible
than famine. Crime flowed in among
them as a strong stream. It became
known that Van Dieman'sLand had
emptied itself, and that the flood was
ponriflgl Tint Port Philip. Men
walked warily In the day-time and
fortified themselves for an encounter
which' he deemed inevitable ; and
those who had accumulated gold
never went to sleep without the
dread of being awakerfeki by a savage
murrlotwi. 'I . .
Borne rash fellow says that the giv
ing of the ballot to women would not
amount to much, for none of them
would admit that they were aid
enough to vote until, thev w ere tnn
old to take any interest in politics.J
UNDEB A BAJTC-Tp-ls is the ti
Ue of a new novelet just pojpfuenccd In The
Saturday Evening Post of PBlladelphia, by
mas admirable authoress, Miss Amanda M
.Douglass, mis novelet will run., for about
uiree mourns ; anu will De lotlowed by novel
ets by Frank Lee Benedict. Mrs. Hen rv Wood
Mrs. Hoamer, Miss Prescott, 4o. The Satur
day Evening Post is one of the best of the lit
erary papers, and adapted for family reading
-.'-j u n , ukiui auu entertain
lug cnaracier or its contents, race S2 60
year. Address D. Peterson A Co. . 310 Wal.
nut St., Philadelphia. Sample numbers sent
gratis .
Manufacture of Violin Strings.
An English
paper says : "The
manufacture of strings for musical
instruments has been carried on
from time immemorial in some of
the small villages In the Abxuzzi,
and at the present time the Neapn
litan provinces maintain their su
periority in me prouuction -ux iu
article. They require the greatest
care and dexterity on the part of the
workman- 3 - s
The treoie strings are particularly
difficult to make, and are made at
Naples, probably because the Neapo
litan sheep, from their small size
and leanness, afford the best raw
material. Tuey are made from the
small intestines, which must be
well tscraped. The instestincs are
then steeped in alkaline lies, clari
fied with a little alum for four or live
days, until the guts are well bleach
ed and swollen. They are next
drawn through an open braes thim
ble, and pressed against it with the
nail, in order to smooth and eaual
their surface ; after which they are
washed, span or twisted, and sul
phured during two hours. They are
finally polished by frictien, and
dried. Sometimes they are sul
phured twice or thrice before being
dried, and are polished hetween
horsehair cords.
The strings manufactured in Italy
are noted for their strength, trans
parency, brilliancy, and clearness
Of . fone. This manufacture was
introduced into France by a Neapo
litan nooleman, lni7b7,who estab
lished a manufactory at Lyons.
This industry is carried on in various
other towns in Italy namedly.Guib-
bio,. roligno, .Bologna, Venice,
Vicenza, Padua, Verona.and Bas-
sano.
Sfiw Way of etmtisrrNG. The
good offices of mothtajpMo'Aot
seem to be halt known yet. rter lat
est discovered service is to do our
churning. This is the story as a
trustworthy writer gives it :
A singular method ot mating But
ter has lately come into quite ex
tensive use in France, based upon
the observed fact, that cream is chan
ged into butter by being simply buried
n the earth. The theory ot uus result
is not very intelligible, though the
fact is stated to be beyond question ;
and in Normandy and other parts of
.F ranee, butter is actually prepared on
a large scale in this way.
T he process consists in placing the
cream in a linen bag ot moderate
thickness, which is carefully closed :
then burying the bag about a foot
and a halt deep in the earth, ana
allowing it to remain from twenty-
four tO twenty-five hours. A fter the
expiration of this period the cream
is found to nave become hard, and
it is then broken up by means of a
wooden beater into small pieces. and
enough water poured upon it to
wasn out the buttermilk.
To prevent any mixture of e
earhj
igfh s
it is advisable to enclose the bag in a
second one of larger sine and coarser
quality. The method of making
butter saves a great deal of labor, and
separates the butter more perfectly
than the ordinary process ; and w e
are assured that butter thus prepar
ed is of the most excellent quality.
The New England FarmerfBoston.)
has a sensible article with regard to
the management of wood-land, in
which It very properly deprecates
the hap-hazzard way of cutting
which has been common for the last
few years.
with reference to the time and
mode, it says :
"The winter may not be the best
time to cut all kinds of timber to
have it durable but it is generally
the most convenient time, and if the
sprouts are any object, it is the-best
time. I know a lot that was cut
while the leaves were on. that has
sproutedtvery poorly.. I should not
consider n worth hair the pneeor
ordinary lots cat in winter.
'If I were going to be several
years cuttlri'g off a lot Of wood in one
body, I would begin at the farther
side, so m not to drive the teams
over the sprouts, when getting off
that which remained."
The woodlands of this country are
becoming more valuable each year,
and it is important to so manage
them that the greatest growth of
young timber can be secured.
We have practiced the plan of cut
ting clean as we went, always on the
south or southwest side, leaving a
skirting of timber on the border as
a protection from both wind and sun.
Tiana treated in this way has always
sprouted well, and the trees have
shown a very vigorous growth.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelp's new
book, "Hedged In," is a story with a
purpose, battling -with the prejudices
oi society against iaiien women who
may wish to reform, showing how
such an one may be "hedged in" by
kindness and gentle charity, and
brought back to purity and self re
spect. The scene of the story is laid
in New England, and it is a little
longer than "The Gates Ajar." It Is
to be put to press immediately, ana
will be out within five or six weeks
Mr. E. D. Webster, late Assessor
of Internal Revenue, at New York,
famous for bis raid on Wall street
brokers, gets $34,000 as his moiety of
the lines and penalties imposed, and
his successor in office ( Mr. John F.
Cleveland) gets a smaller sum for
prosecuting the cases to a successful
issue. Mr. Webster was formerly ed
itor of the Omaha Republican, and
is now of the New York Times. Mr
Cleveland was late of the Tribune
editorial staff and is a relative of
Greeley. It Is said that Mr. Webster
will at once begin a war upon An
gust Belmont and the foreign bank
ers a class who have not paid any
tax whatever on capital in active use,
although it is known they transact
business amounting to an aggregate
oi nunoreds of millions of dollars in
a year.
A writer in the Galaxy says that
-cngianaers are afflicted with
some curious complaints, and names
auiuug mem conniption nts, mag'
gruais, rheumatics, hypo, and that
other strange disease, which Dr
Parsons has immortalized, shoca-
num palsy.
Suggestions About Green and Seasoned
Timber.
Most persons who deal in timber
and firewood, who work both green
and dry timber all their lives, and
who cut, handle, and burn wood,
more or less, nearly every day of the
year, have no aaequute cuuccjiuuu
of the great weight of green timber,
nor of the large percentage of water
in both green timoer ana uusemou-
ed firewood. And even teamsters
who have carted or sleighed hun
dreds of cords of both green and sea
soned firewood and timber are sel
dom aware that from one-rouitu to
one-half the weight of a green tiee
is water, which will evaporate a few
mouths after the timber has been
sawed out or split into billets for fuel
or staves, or for other purpose?.
Maple, beech, hickory, tougu qsK,
and many other kinds of green tVru-bei-will
weigh from fifty ttslty
pounds per cubic foot. If the tim
ber. Is of second growth and of fine
grain, a.cubfc loot will always weigr.
more than sixty pounds ; so mat, as
a rule, it will be safe to compute J(he
weight of moat kinds of green tim
ber at fifty pounds per cubic foot. As
there are one hundred and twenty
eight cubic feet in one cord.it follows
that a solid cord would weigh six
thousand four hundred pounds, or
more than three tons. By deducting
about one-fifth this weight far the in
ters tipes between the sticks, we have
five thousand one hundred and twen
ty pounds as a cord 6'f green wood,
cut fodr feet long, and piled four feet
high, and eight feet long.
The practical considerations brou't
to light in this computation may be
advantageous to every person who
handles or burns Wood. Nearly one
half of the weight of green wood
consists of water. Therefore.he who
handles and hauls twenty cords of
green wood must necessarily handle,
and compels his heavily-loaded team
to draw, more-than one ton, and oft
en one and a half tons, of water for
every cord of wood. These facts
suggest the eminent importance of
splitting firewood into small billets,
and allowing it to season several
months before it is carted or sleigh
ed. The facts disclosed show
show how. much more expensive
and unsatisfactory it is In every re
spect to employ green wood for fuel
than that which was cut and split
out soon after the trees were felled, so
that the larger proportion of water
could have time to evaporate. It is
said that "a pint is a pound, the
"world round."- Allowing, then, that
there be only one ton ot water in a
cord of green wood, two thousand
pints or pounds will make two
hundred and fifty gallons, or about
four hogsheads of water, all to be
discharged into the fire. Of course,
one barrel of water in the wood that
is being burned in a stove will con
vey away in a latent and useless
state just as much heat as would be
absorbed by a barrel of water when
sprinkled on the fire. ""ljirTTLl
derstands how a leaky lrettieTrotsrj""jn
out me nre, even wsien tne Dest ary
wood is furnished for fuel, as the
heat generated by tlio burning wood
will be carried away in the vapor, in
stead of being imparted to the oven
or to the objects in the room. Tak
ing another practical view of this
matter, it will be safe to calculate
that two and a half cordso' sound
dry wood will furnish quite as much
heat as four cords ot the same kind
of fuel, burned before it has had op
portunity to become seasoned
through and through.
These considerations reveal the
startling facts that the family which
consumes twenty-four cords of green
wood in one .year might save the
price of nine or more cords by put
ting their green wood beneath a shel
ter for six months previous to using
it for fuel. Almost any school-boy,
according to his computation, may
figure out the number of dollars that
may be saved in bnly one year by
burning dry wood instead of green.
Besides all pecuniary considerations,
there will be the advantages inci
dent to having fuel that will impart
desirable amount ot heat, when
heat is needed most, without any
loss or perplexity from a poor fire.
Intelligent teamsters may talie a
useful hint when they have green
lumber to cart or slelgb any consid
erable distanoe, and stick it up for a
few months, so that the team may
haul a ton more of timber, instead of
a ton of water. Many kinds of green
lumber, if stuck up in an airy place
for six months, will dry out forty
and even fifty, per cent, in the gross
weight.
Niqht Air. An extraordinary fal
lacy is the dread of night air. What
air can we breathe at night but
night air ? The choice is between
pure night air from without ana loul
air from within. Most people prefer
the latter. An unaccountable choice.
What will they say, if it is prov
ed to be true that fully one-half of
all the diseases we suffer from are
occasioned by people sleeping with
their windows shut ? An opened
window, most night's in the year,
can never hurt any one. This is not to
say that light is not necessary for re
covery. In great cities, night air
is often the best and purest air
to be had in twenty-four hours.
I could better understand shutting
the windows in town during the day
than during the night", for the sake
of the sick. The absence of smoke,
the quiet, all tend to make night the
best time for airing the patient.
One of our highest mediCBl author
ities on consumption and climate,
has told me that the air in London
never so good as after ten o'clock
night. Always air you room then
from the outside air, if possible.
Windows are made to open, doors
aro made to shut a rdth which
seems extremely difficult of ap
prehension. Every room must be
aired from without every passage
from within. But the fewer pas
sages there are in a hospital the bet
ter.Florence Nightingale.
A roman wit has discovered the
habits of all the Western Bishops
the Ecumenical. The English are
always taking out something to eat;
the American Bishops are retiring
smoke ; the French Bishops are pass
ing about and talking; the Spanish
Bishops are in little groups, talking
their own politics ; the Germans are
silent and doing nothing.
The Uses of Snow.
The snow which falls upon
the
earth is a tender mantle
to infant
food plants which would
otherwise
perish of frost
In what is called an
"open winter" vou may see whole
fields of young rye and wheat, and
clover, all pulled up by the frost and
laid on the top of the ground to
wither and die in the spring sun
shine. The frost heaves up the
earth, and with it the plants ; slight
thaws permit the earth to settle ana
renew its hold, and so successive
freezings and thawings gradually
uni-oit entire crops. "Winter kill
ed" is the sad verdict of the farmer,
as he contemplates the loss of his la
bor and seed in the spring; aua -win
ter killed" might be appropriately
spoken of the suffering and dying
victims of starvation prices wnicn
follow the destruction of crops.
True, Mature sometimes in ner
zeal to protect covers too deep and
smothers the plants ; tucks in the
coverlid so tight that the unseason
able warmth of the earth stimulates
their vitality into an attempt at
growth, which fails for want of air
and light. But such disasters are
comparatively rare.and open winters
are the most deadly to grain crops.
It is also true that in the large ter
ritories devoted to grain growing in
the United States, when a crop fails
in one section it succeeds in another,
and so the food supply keeps pretty
steady pace with the demand, but
it is none the less true that in many
sections of the country winter wheat
or rye could not be successfully
grown without anew to protect these
crops from frost.
But snow has another important
otrice to perform. It is a fertilizer
Ask the experienced farmer, and he
will tell vou that the late snows of
spring falling upon the springing
crops make them look, green and
vigorous, and really nourish them.
T i - 4-V.n V.nn.n. nf ammnnta a t im.
XL 19 1. 1 1 . UGmCl VJ L RlUUiUUIOi U II 1111"
Dortant element of the food Plants.
which it collects from the air. We
have known thrifty farmers to ris
early to plow in the light snow be
fore it melted, being aware of its
value, though perhaps not realizing
in what its virtue consisted. It is
also without doubt true that open
winters are more favorable to the
spread of disease than the contrary
It is an old nroverb that "arreen
C'hristmases fill churchyards."
Scientific American.
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This is the latest story from Paris
M. Blanc, a millionnaire, who came
within an ace of being elected depu
ty, was returning from Burgundy by
a night train. A lady, young and
pretty, occupied the same compart
ment. Now M. Blanc, who, in spite
of his naturally small feet, tries to
make them smaller still, was suffer
ing terribly from tight boots. Allat
once he noticed that the lady was
asleep and he could just as well take
off his boots, which he did. Sudden-
the station lights begin to appear
- One boot is quickly put on,
but the other, alas ! does not go on
so easily. He pulls and pushes ; fin
ally the foot goes in, but is terribly
pinched. Once at the station, M.
Blanc hides himself in a cab, and
thinks his troubles at an end. When
he reaches the house, imagine his
surprise at finding his right foot in
a lady's boot. The lady had been in
a similar situation with himself.
Madame Blanc refuses to believe a
word of his story ; she cries, goes in
to hysterics, and finally returns to
her father, refusing to hold any com
munication with her unfortunate
husband. But think of the recep
tion accorded to the lady of the train
when her husband saw her predica
ment !
The Fabmeb's Shop. Every
farmer should have a shop fitted up
with such tools as are used by the
carpenter, joiner, machinist an d black
smith, or with those that would be
valuable In making repairs. Above
all.we consider a good foot lathe very
desirable. It would be impossible
within the limits of a newspaper
article, to merely notice the advan
tage oi this machine and its varied
uses. A very good foot lathe costs
from 60 to 100 dollars, and the money
is well expended in the purchase.
Articles of use and ornament made of
wood, ivory and metal may be turned
out by the foot lathe convenient for
use in the house or on the farm
The pratice on the lathe is one of
the most-' fascinating pastimes for a
stormy day or an unemployed eve
ning. A part from its use in making
and repairing, the root lathe is
pleasant companion ior the business
haunted and brain weary. One who
adopts it as a companion of his lei
sure hours will become an adept,
and the more he uses and becomes
acquainted with his machine the
better he will like it." He will be
surprised at the number and ele
gance of the little articles of use and
ornament he can produce from the
rough material, and at the pleasure
that the practice of a mechanical art
cau aflord. Scientific American.
One of the most remarkable things
in human affairs is the conformity
and general laws by which every
thing appears to De governed. Jiiven
the accidents and casualties of life
seem to be under a general principle
that no one could suppose to exist
Thus, for instance, there is the matter
of divorces. It would naturally be
supposed to be purely arbitrary in
its character. There might be
great number of divorces one year
and a small number the next, with
out anything approximating to uni
fortuity in numbers. The same is
true of accidents, murders, law suits
and other ills indicted upon poor hu
inanity.
At an inquest over the body of
man in St. Louis, last week, the cor
oner placed the corpse on an old
wash table and proceeded to hold
post mortem examination, resulting
in finding a piece of ham apparently
half cooked stuck tight and fast in
tho rear of the larynx, about two
inches aud a half long, an inch and
a half wide, and about one-fourth
an inch thick. The man had choked
to death in the haste of eating, "and
not one of the party," says the St.
Louis Republican, "had sense enough
to relieve him by a few well directed
thumps upon the back."
LOUIE'S GRANDPAPA'S SPECTACLES.
out.
Oh, Mamma, what wilUGrandpa do T
He's gone away to Heaven,
Without the silver spectacles
That Uncle John had given ;
How can he read the papers there,
Or and his hickory staff ;
He'll put his coat on wrong side out,
And make the peoplo laugh .
And when he takes the Bible down
And wipes the dusty lid ;
He'll never find his spectacles
Within its cover hid :
There won't be any little girl
He likes as weU as me.
To run and hunt them up for him
And pnt them on his knee.
Oh dear ! he'll never And the place
About the "wicked flee."
And how the bears ate children up,
(That used to frighten ma ;)
So. Mamma, if you'll dress me up
Just like an angel bright,
I'll fix our ladder 'gainst the sky
And take them up to-night.
ONLY TWO LITTLE DARLINGS.
Only two little darlings
Welcome me home at night;
Onlv two little prattlers
With faces sweet and bright.
They are very tinv creatures
In this big world of ours.
But the chirp of their merrr prattle
Gladdens the evening hours.
So many wondrous stories
To pour In papa's ear,
So many wanti to care for,1
Such boundless faith to cheer.
Confiding joys of childhood,
With hopes so pure and bright ;
This is the happy greeting
Welcomes me home at night.
What the Wind Says.
Do you know what the cold wind
says, grandpa V" asKea a iittie cnua
at an old mercnancs snee.
"No, puss ; what does it ?" he an
swered, stroking her fair hair.
" 'Remember the poor,' grandpa ;
when it comes down the chimney it
roars, 'Remember the poor ;' when
it puts its great mouth to the key
hole it whistles, 'Remember thepoor;'
when it strides through a crack in
the door it whispers it ; and, grandpa,
when It Mows your beautiful silver
hair about in the street, and you
shiver and button up your coat, does
Hnot get at your ear, and say so, too,
in a still small voice, grandpa ?"
"Why, what does the child mean?"
cried arrandna. who. I am afraid.
had been used to shut his heart
against such words . "Yon want a
new muff and tippet. I reckon. A
pretty way to get them out of your
old firrandfather."
"No, grandpa, " said the child ear
nestly, shaking her head :" no, it's
the no-muff -and tippet children I'm
thinking of. My mother always re
members them, and so do I try to."
After the next storm the old mer
chant sent many dollars to the treas-
urer of a rener society, ana saia,
Call for more when you want It."
The treasurer stared with surprise, for
it was the first time he had ever col
lected more then a few dollars from
him and thev. he thought came
grudgingly.
Be Trusty and True.
When Lord Wellington was com
mander of an tOmny in India a cer
tain rich man offered him five hun
dred thousand dollars for some secret
information on a very important ques
tion. Wellington fo6kecl thought
fully a few momenta, as if he was
weighing the temptation, rsut ne
was not. Me was only considering
the best way to answer his tempter.
At length he said,
'It appears that you can Keep a
secret, sir?"
"Certainly," replied tne man, reel
ing sure that he had gained his point.
"Bo can 1," rejoined Wellington.
Good morning sir," and the man
went away with a chopfallen air.
Thus, you see, Wellington was
proof against corruption. He reject
ed a ortoe oj a naij million aouara :
Wasn't that noble ? Yes. Very
good. Stick a pin In this fact and
make this resolution.
'I will be true and trusty too. I
will never betray my trust. Millions
of money shall never buy me to do
wrong.".
Make this resolution ana Keep it,
my children, and you will always
respect vourseives and oe respected
bv others. You will never cheat nor
steal. You will neyer be robbers of
banks nor betrayers ot trust, xou
will be trusty and true.
Oiling Fabm Implements. Ev
ery farmer should have a can of lin
seed -on ana a orusn on nana ; ana
whenever he buys a new tool, he
should soak it well with the oil and
dry it by the fire or in the eon, be
fore using, rne wooa Dy mis treat
ment is toughened and strengthened,
and rendered impervious to water.
Wet a new hay-rake and when it
dries it Will begin to be loose in the
joints ; but if well oiled, the wet will
have put siignt enect. enoveis ana
forks are preserved from checking
and cracking in the top of the handle
by oiling ; the wood becomes smooth
as glass by use, and is far less liable
to blister the hand when long used
Axe and hammer handles often break
off where the wood enters the iron
this part particular! v shouldbetough
ened with oil, to secure durability.
Oiling the wood in the eye of the axe
will prevent its swelling ana shrink
ing. and sometimes getting loose.
The tools on a large farm cost a large
sum of money ; they should be of the
most approved kinds. It is a poor
economy, at the present extravagant
prices for labor, to set men at work
with ordinary, old-fashioned imple
ments. Laborers should be required
to return their tools to the conven
lent places provided for them ; after
usinsr. thev should be put away clean
and bright. The mold-boards
plows are apt to get rusty from one
season to anotner, even n sueitereu
thev should be brushed over with
few drops of oil when put away, and
will then remain in good order till
wanted. arm J ournai.
ANOTHER SHADOWED ALTAR.
of
The popular author, Ned Buntllne, no leas
famous as a temperance orator than a writer
is at present writing for that great stoi y and
sketch paper, the Xmvf Tobk Weekly, thrill
ing story of real life entitled ' 'The Shadowed
Altar." This Is a story that cannot fad
deeply Interest not only all who are already
married, but all who contemplate marriage
Every young man, every young woman, every
old man, every child, in fact, who la capable
of sober thought, will find food for reflection
In the mysteries and incidents which hang
around "The Shadowed Altar." We advise
our readers to peruse it without fall.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Turkish postage stamps are
the most beautiful in use.
The Baptists in Great Britain have
2,447 churches.
Professor Fowler is phrenologizing
in Scotland.
"Mark Twain'" father-iu-law pre
sented him with a house and lot in
Buffalo.
Brazil supplies more than half the
cofTeeannually produced 400,000,000
out of 713,000,000 pounds.
The New York Commercial says
"there is a disease in Canada called
the silver nuisance."
January averaged eight degrees
warmer than any previous January
for forty-six years.
Scandal is a bit of false money,
and he who passes it is frequently
as bad as he who originally uttered itj
Don Piatt says Sumner never of
fers bis seat to a lady, unless she is
colored, and then he does so not
through politeness, but principle.
Boston having decreed that its to
bacconists shall no longer cumber
the pavements with wooden Indians,
a parly has sprung up tnere to givw
them the right of sunrage.
The clergy cost the Halted States
$12,000,006 per annum ; and the crim
inals $40,000,000, the lawyers, 70,-
000,000 ; and rum, $200,000,000.
One of the solemnities connected
with the Peabody funeral at Port
land, Me., was a ball in honor of the
officers of the funeral fleet.
The Tract Society of the M.S.
Church has distributed four million
pages of tracts in Germany, during
the past year.
The patent office, the other day,
received a letter from an Iowa farm
er, who wanted to know if he could
get a patent on an "improved mode
of making fried cakes."
Iowa plants every year a forest of
5,000,000 trees ; within considerably
less than half a dozen years, 25,000,000
forest trees have been planted, and
are now growing in the Northwest.
The British Government, in tak
ing possession of the telegraph lines
of the United Kingdom, have dis
carded all modes of telegraphing but
the Morse system.
There are now living, in Baltimore
county, Md., five brothers; the
youngest of whom is 73 and the old
est 87, who served in the same com
pany In the war of 1812, and have
never received a pension.
The exportation of frogs to France
is quite a business. One man in Ger
many forwarded 200,000 In three
weeks. Not only are the things
eaten, but the whole body is made
into delicious mock turtle soup.
"According to Milton, 'Eve kept si
lence in Eden to hear her husband
taik,'" said a gentleman to a lady
friend ; and then added, in a melan
chidy tone, "Alas, there have been
no Eves since." "Because," quickly
retorted the lady, "there have been
no husbands worth listening to."
The Chinese who were taken to
Texas are working industriously on
the extension of the Central rtaji-
road, above Bremond. They are
giving general satisfaction so far. as
heard from, ana lose no time. They
remain at camps during resting hours
and are not addicted to drunkenness.
The meteorites which now arrive
upon the earth are not of the same
mineralogical nature of sheas
which fell In past Ages. Formerly
iron fell ; now stones fall. During
the last 118 years, there have been
in Europe but three falls of iron,
whereas there have been annually,
on an average, three falls of stones.
Perhaps it may even be said that
stones ot a new Kind are beginning
to arrive, for falls of carbonaceous
meteorites were unknown before the
year 1803, and four have been ob
served since men.
Mr. Samuel L. Clements, better
known as Mark Twain, has at last
ceased to be an aggravation to the
susceptible damsels of the crowded
audiences before whom he has been
reciting the troubles of the Inno
cents. He is married to Mies Olivia
L. Langdonof Elmlra ; aud it is even
said that he will quit lecturing.
Perhaps he expects to be lectured
for the future.
In Washington, when Prince Ar
thur was there, the English butlers
and coachmen, resident in thecity,
gave a supper to the Prince's ser
vante. One of the speeches was
made by his favorite valet, who was
enthusiastic in hU praise of the Uni
ted States as compared to Canada.
"Ow his it," he asked, "that Heng
lishmen want tm 'av anything to do
with such a blausted cold place,
where the people are French, hand
the beer's as weak aa water?"
A Caseof Deafness of 14 years stand
ing (the result of Catarrh) cured by
me use or Dr. wage's uatarrn hots
dy. Levi Springer, Esq. of Durban's
Corners, Williams Co., O., writes,
under date of January 6, W88, that he
has been using Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, and says it has cured him
of deafness of fourteen years stand
ing. He was so deaf that be could
not hear a person talk when seated
by their Bide, And can now hear the
church bells ring two miles distant.
It is sold by druggists, or send sixty
cents to Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo,
New York.
That freshness and beauty of com
plexion, so much to be desired, cannot be re
tained naleas the female system is in a healthy
condition- and tree from obstructions. For
those dis i as peculiar to. the tenuis aez.
whether in the vounx or old. married or sin
gle, at the dawn of womanhood, or the torn
of life, no other remedy produces so beeeacukl
results as or. Walker's Vegetable Vinegar
Bitters. Its psurifylng eSaou add teas te the
stomach, and Invigorate the whole system.
to
In numbers there is safety. It was
upon this principle that the formula of Jus
sow's Mocjttaw Hub Fills was prepared.
Dr. Judeon, Intending to ay a a fortune
la advertising his pills, submitted
sd his re
iatelugent age, and
olpe te the revlaaoa. of thai moat
and learned physicians of the
the result Is a slmsJe hat
ncacious medicine the Jadsou's Mountain
Barb Pills. They purify toe blood, remove
all obstructions, cleanse the skin of all pim
ples and bio tehee, and are perfectly ears and
safe in their operation. The Jttdaon's Moun
tain Hec FUls ear BiUlousnaas, Tsansli lr-
regular i ties. Headache, and saaav of the dis
ease artaiag rjoaa Imphri blood and n aarsna
sd digestion. Use the Judson's Mountain
Herb Puis, and whan you have proved
virtue reoommenu mem vo your menus
are tota sagar-ooatea ana paajn.